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[Q] Notification Vibration

I am very hard of hearing so I have most sounds turned off on my phone and rely on vibrate. I do have blue tooth hearing aids which allow for phone calls to be heard.
My problem is that the notification for emails and text are very short and not very strong. Is there an app or some way to increase the length of the vibration allowing it to be noticed easier when the phone is in my pocket.
I use exchange email, both the stock and Touchdown. I saw some apps that might do it but they were for gmail, imap.
Thanks,
Dave

I agree the vibration is quite weak. Get Light Flow, the app that allows for very granular control of the front LED- it has the ability to vibrate when gmail/sms/etc occurs. Part of this though is that you can specify the duration of the vibration, so you can make it vibrate longer than the stock gmail vibrate, as well as making it repeat which is useful if you miss it the first time(s) around...
You do need root though.
Hope this helps.

Kidd_Funkadelic said:
I agree the vibration is quite weak. Get Light Flow, the app that allows for very granular control of the front LED- it has the ability to vibrate when gmail/sms/etc occurs. Part of this though is that you can specify the duration of the vibration, so you can make it vibrate longer than the stock gmail vibrate, as well as making it repeat which is useful if you miss it the first time(s) around...
You do need root though.
Hope this helps.
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+1 for light flow, you can read more here
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/12/1...alaxy-nexus-is-called-light-flow-led-control/
i too rely on the vibrate but only because i think its annoying to have it beeping constantly lol

Thanks,
It seems to be doing what I need now. Had to purchase the application, since the free did not support Touchdown/Exchange. Did not have to root.

Another +1 for light flow. I have my texts set to blue and flashing very fast, emails are gold, and missed calls are red. It's set up just like my Blackberry was 2 years ago!

Kidd_Funkadelic said:
You do need root though.
Hope this helps.
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Don't need root for light flow... I'm not rooted and it does LED, vibrations and sounds perfectly for me..
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Increase vibration intensity...?

Just wondering if it were possible to adjust vibration intensity when a notification arrives?...anyone?
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This should be in Q&A as it's not related to an app, theme or mod.

Also would like to know about this. Vibration seems to be loud, but not easy to feel in my pocket.

I agree, vibration is too soft to rely on in the pocket

Any update on how to improve this? My moto x pure has a great vibration intensity and I'm hesitant to give that up...
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Still no luck? I can't feel the thing vibrate at all
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You need a kernel with the ability to adjust that.

If u got root, I'm currently on ElementalX kernel and I just adjusted vibrate intensity. Definitely a improvement.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.
But ElementalX only lets you increase vibration for stuff like button presses.
So you're capable of going from stock settings of maybe 50% vibration up to stock system max 100% vibration.
But overall system max vibration remains at 100%.
You can't go higher than that.
So stuff like text message alerts and incoming call alerts will remain at current stock 100% vibration levels.
Count me among those who want more vibration!
...and a brighter LED alert as well.
As a workaround, I use my Textra SMS app's built in ability to change the vibration style.
I set it to multiple long vibrations instead of the stock single vibration.
It does help a little to make it more noticeable when I get a text when the phone is in my pocket.

You are right. Main reason for me to flash El-X was the vibration thingy, but the default vibration is already set at highest, you can't go higher than that. You can, but the haptik feedback one, that's completely an unneeded feature for me. So if anyone is looking for actual device vibration, then no, custom kernel won't allow to increase it, you can decrease it though, not that's the point.

Alert slider

Is anyone else's alert slider a little funky? I mean in terms of the three step functions. My slider feels nice and sturdy and well-built with no obvious signs of defect, but for some odd reason, if I switch it all the way up to silent and then switch it all the way back down to ringer, it gets stuck on Do Not Disturb mode. If I slide it back and forth a few times then ringer will eventually come back, but it definitely seems more of a software issue rather than hardware. Anyone else with this problem?
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iamterence said:
Is anyone else's alert slider a little funky? I mean in terms of the three step functions. My slider feels nice and sturdy and well-built with no obvious signs of defect, but for some odd reason, if I switch it all the way up to silent and then switch it all the way back down to ringer, it gets stuck on Do Not Disturb mode. If I slide it back and forth a few times then ringer will eventually come back, but it definitely seems more of a software issue rather than hardware. Anyone else with this problem?
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No issues here

shadeau said:
No issues here
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I kinda just noticed something. Usually I've been using my fingernail to slide the slider (this phone is a bit awkwardly tall and I primarily use my right hand) which is when it happens, but if I use my left hand and use my thumb, it applies a bit more strength and push it more inwards slightly, and it works. Weird.
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No problems with mine
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Vibration Strength/intensity

So the vibration strength on the P2 is very weak - to the point that often it cannot be felt in a pocket.
Do any of the custom ROMs provide a Vibration Intensity setting where vibration strength can be raised? By default, is the setting already at the highest level, or can it be made stronger? Please note, I'm not talking about vibration patterns - such as a long or short vibrate - rather actual vibration strength from the vibration motor itself.... Many thanks everyone!

marklucas said:
So the vibration strength on the P2 is very weak - to the point that often it cannot be felt in a pocket.
Do any of the custom ROMs provide a Vibration Intensity setting where vibration strength can be raised? By default, is the setting already at the highest level, or can it be made stronger? Please note, I'm not talking about vibration patterns - such as a long or short vibrate - rather actual vibration strength from the vibration motor itself.... Many thanks everyone!
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I think the los14.1 by highway star does have this feature

In my Lenovo P2 stock ROM there is no problem about low vibration feedback. I think there is some bug in your device or it is a some type of hardware problem.

gagankprajput said:
In my Lenovo P2 stock ROM there is no problem about low vibration feedback
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I'm astonished to hear that! You don't think it's far too weak for notifications/calls when on Silent-mode?

marklucas said:
I'm astonished to hear that! You don't think it's far too weak for notifications/calls when on Silent-mode?
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My phone is 2 metre away from me and I still heard & Feel the vibrations. And one more thing use body massage vibration app from Playstore to check vibration intensity.

gagankprajput said:
My phone is 2 metre away from me and I still heard & Feel the vibrations. And one more thing use body massage vibration app from Playstore to check vibration intensity.
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Not so much about hearing them - more about feeling them when the phone is in my pocket. I just don't, and have read many others have the same issue.

With custom kernel you can get custom vibration intensity, but not all custom kernel has it.

Haptic Feedback not working?

I have an EVR-L29, for some reason I'm not getting any haptic feedback or vibrate on touches even though it's on in the settings. I'm using gboard and have checked settings in that as well. The vibration motor works as it vibrates on ring. Anyone else have this issue?

Mine seems to be working fine, you might try resetting your phone and starting over. That's the only thing I can think of.
When you turn off the ringer and have vibrate only on, does the phone still vibrate or is the vibration mechanism faulty?
jawang26 said:
I have an EVR-L29, for some reason I'm not getting any haptic feedback or vibrate on touches even though it's on in the settings. I'm using gboard and have checked settings in that as well. The vibration motor works as it vibrates on ring. Anyone else have this issue?
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desantim said:
Mine seems to be working fine, you might try resetting your phone and starting over. That's the only thing I can think of.
When you turn off the ringer and have vibrate only on, does the phone still vibrate or is the vibration mechanism faulty?
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Yeah I'm about to try to do that, hoping I wouldn't have to though. Yes when I put the ringer on vibrate it vibrates.